SEB Safety Tip: Don’t glue your headset to your ear.

By , on 26 January, 2010

You would think this would be self-evident, but apparently at least one fellow out there needed to be told:

“I hit my ear on the boom of my truck and broke the headset of my phone,” Mr Gardner told the Northern Territory News.

“So I got some superglue and glued it back together – and . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip: Don’t glue your headset to your ear.

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This Just In: Teachers not allowed to have a life outside of school.

By , on 22 January, 2010

How’s this for being totally unfair:

A Brownsville high school teacher has been suspended for 30 days without pay after she appeared in a picture someone else posted on Facebook that included a male stripper at a bridal shower.

[...] Board member Stella Broadwater says the suspension is appropriate because the photo became public, but . . . → Read More: This Just In: Teachers not allowed to have a life outside of school.

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It’s really amazing we’ve survived as a species…

By , on 16 January, 2010

That’s what you’ll be thinking to yourself if you watch this compilation of people finding new and entertaining ways of injuring themselves and others in their immediate vicinity:

Several of those people are probably still feeling the pain from those adventures. Yikes!

. . . → Read More: It’s really amazing we’ve survived as a species…

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Boy dies from easily treatable condition while family prays for healing.

By , on 12 January, 2010

Here’s a story we’re seeing with more and more regularity. It’s from the Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy file and it involves a young man who’d be alive today if the people purported to care about him would have taken him to a doctor’s office. Instead the opted to pray for God to . . . → Read More: Boy dies from easily treatable condition while family prays for healing.

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The Darwin Awards announce the 2009 winners.

By , on 12 January, 2010

The annual Darwin Awards, given out to those people who have most improved the gene pool by removing themselves from it, are back with 2009′s winners:

DOUBLE DIP (2009 runner up) For the first time ever, a woman–yes, a member of the safer sex–made it into the year’s Top Darwin Awards! 2009 Antepenultimate Winner is . . . → Read More: The Darwin Awards announce the 2009 winners.

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Hotel clerk lacking critical thinking skills does $50,000 in damages.

By , on 10 June, 2009

I’m a big promoter of critical thinking skills because it’ll save you much embarrassment and expense. “Skeptic” is not a four letter word and skepticism can be a very useful tool for determining the truth of a claim especially when said claims come from complete strangers who are presenting themselves as an authority figure. People . . . → Read More: Hotel clerk lacking critical thinking skills does $50,000 in damages.

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